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MICHAEL WAYNE HILL
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 18, 1950 – March 12, 1971
Service recordMichael Wayne Hill, of Stockton, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 12, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 40
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Ground Surveillance Radar Crewman (17K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 18, 1950
- Home of record
- Stockton, California (San Joaquin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 12, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date March 12, 1971; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 40
- JERRY LEE DANAYPrivate First Class · March 12, 1971
- JOSEPH JAMES GOMEZSpecialist Five · March 12, 1971
- JOEL THOMAS HAGEMANCaptain · March 12, 1971
- MELVIN HAZLEYStaff Sergeant · March 12, 1971
Same unit, same day
- MELVIN HAZLEYStaff Sergeant · Panel 4W, Line 40
- NAZIR MOHAMMEDSergeant · Panel 4W, Line 41
- BENJAMIN EUGENE SLAGOWSKIStaff Sergeant · Panel 4W, Line 42
- GERALD WELSCHStaff Sergeant · Panel 4W, Line 43
From Stockton
- RAPHAEL CRUZStaff Sergeant · September 2, 1963
- RICHARD LEBROU WHITESIDESCaptain · March 26, 1964
- ROLAND VINCENT JAGER JRPrivate First Class · December 6, 1964
- ROBERT SANCHEZ FERNANDEZPrivate First Class · May 20, 1965
- BENJIMAN BROOKSSergeant · November 18, 1965
- ROMIRO C RODRIGUEZSpecialist Four · December 1, 1965
- RONALD EUGENE CUMMINGSPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- STANLEY KENTON SEMLERPrivate First Class · January 29, 1966
- RICHARD ALLEN WAGNERPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- JOHN LEIGH MCCARTYCorporal · March 28, 1966
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.